{"id":6586,"date":"2016-03-31T19:49:56","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T23:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/?p=6586"},"modified":"2017-09-17T21:09:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T01:09:29","slug":"2016-world-championships-sd-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/2016-world-championships-sd-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 World Championships SD Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Anne Calder | Photo by Daphne Backman<\/em><\/p>\n

Thirty ice dance teams representing 24 ISU countries competed in the short dance at the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, Massachusetts USA on March 29.\u00a0 The teams with the top w0 scores qualified for the Free Program to be held Thursday, March 30.<\/p>\n

Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron (FRA) danced into first place with a seamlessly elegant waltz from the W.E. film soundtrack and a Hugo Chouinard march.\u00a0 The program earned level 4 for the five elements and a 76.29 score. <\/p>\n

The Montreal-based team made some adjustments to their program after placing second in the short dance at the European Championships.<\/p>\n

Cizeron explained, \u201cWe changed the march a little and the end of the waltz to make it more of a crescendo and more interesting for the audience. We have been working a lot on technique, but also a lot on interpretation.\u00a0 I think that all of these changes paid off today.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dancers also added new Cizeron-designed costumes. <\/p>\n

Maia Shibutani & Alex Shibutani (USA) placed second with their unique interpretation of the comic opera, Copp\u00e9lia<\/em>. The program earned level 4 for the spin, twizzles, lift and both Ravensburger Waltz patterns. The 74.70 score was a personal best.<\/p>\n

The siblings reflected on performing their short dance for the last time in the city where Alex was born.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was our strongest performance of the season,” Maia commented.\u00a0 “We love our short dance this year, to end it like this is special.”<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t been particularly secretive about my connection to the city [Boston],” Alex andded.\u00a0 “It has a lot of strength and character, which is one of the things we have tried to develop in our career.\u00a0 Today was a really special moment for us being here.\u201d<\/p>\n

Madison Chock & Evan Bates (USA) were third with a foxtrot to \u201cMore\u201d by Andrea Bocelli and waltz to \u201cUnchained Melody\u201d by Il Divo that scored a season best 72.46 score.\u00a0 The footwork, lift, and first Ravensburger Waltz pattern were level 4. The twizzles and second waltz pattern received level 3. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThe performance itself felt good; we enjoyed ourselves and the home crowd,” Bates said.\u00a0 “It was great to accomplish the season best.\u00a0 It\u2019s been a long and bittersweet season for us. I made a mistake on my second twizzle in the sequence, which cost us a level, so I\u2019m a bit disappointed in myself for that, but it could have been worse.”<\/p>\n

Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje (CAN) danced the waltz and polka to classic selections by Johann Strauss, including \u201cThe Blue Danube Waltz\u201d and ranked fourth with a 71.83 score. The 2015 bronze World Medalists evaluated their results.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not the position we wanted to be in, absolutely not, but we\u2019re fighters, and it isn\u2019t over until it\u2019s over,\u201d Weaver said.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to finish in a different place, but we\u2019re happy with the way we skated,\u201d Poje added.<\/p>\n

Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier (CAN) waltzed and marched off the Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover to musical selections by John Lennon and Paul McCartney. The program earned level 4 for all five elements \u2013 a first – and a personal best 70.70 score. They placed fifth.<\/p>\n

The Toronto-based team explained recent changes made to their program. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted a waltz that was a little bit softer, so we could really show off the work on the key points \u2013 make them less spikey, which is why we were losing points earlier in the season,” Poirier said.\u00a0 “We took out some turn to make it more obvious where we were trying to get the levels.\u00a0 I think it paid off.”<\/p>\n

Anna Cappellini & Luca Lanotte (ITA) danced a waltz and polka to The Merry Widow operetta by Franz Lehar. The twizzles, lift and first Ravensburger Waltz earned level 4; the footwork and second waltz pattern received level 2. The program received a 70.65 score and placed sixth.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was disappointed mostly because I did a little mistake and that cost us a few points which would have put us more where we expected to be, but it\u2019s a competition; it happens, so roll on to the next time,” Cappellini commented.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

The ice dance event at the World Championships concludes with the free dance on Thursday evening, starting at 7:30 p.m. local time.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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